Looks Like a Wind Farm Ban
Recent polling shows that over 70% of Americans support wind energy. In Kansas, where significant wind development has taken place, some 91% of voters believe that “Using renewable energy is the right thing to do for…
Favorable Environmental Review Green Lights Wind Energy Power Line Project
A favorable final environmental analysis of a proposed wind energy power line has just been published. According to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Plains and Eastern Clean Line project,…
How Valuable is Wind Energy?
In 1991, President George HW Bush signed into law the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy and other renewable energy resources. But, the wind power industry was not able to quickly…
Lengthy Environmental Review Covers Bases for Wind Power Transmission
This blog is part of a series reviewing the proposed Plains and Eastern Clean Line project. Other blogs in the series are available here. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line, a high voltage direct…
Wind Power Transmission Project Would Provide Health Benefits
This blog is part of a series reviewing the proposed Plains and Eastern Clean Line project. Other blogs in the series are available here. A newly proposed transmission project would connect high quality…
Solar and Wind Energy Subsidies Should Continue Forever
This blog, written by Zachary Shahan, was originally posted on Cleantechnica and can be found here. It seems that every day I’m reading (or even writing) about solar and wind energy’s prices…
The Real Cost of Coal? $523,303,948,403 and counting
If you live in the Southeast you, as an individual, probably consume around 6,300 kilo-watt hours (kWh) of electricity each year*. The national average cost of residential electricity is 11.51 cents per…
Take Action to Reduce Diesel Pollution for Health of Children
This post was co-authored by Laura Wilson. October is Children's Health Month and we want to take this opportunity to tell you about the serious health threat of diesel pollution, the risk…
Support EPA in taking action on climate change
This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.